10secondsurveyI agree. Horizon has been steadily dumbed down to be a quasi scientific prog but following trends not finding new ones.

IF they had made this part One and part Two was "Safety developments that might be used .." and then talk about the pros and cons of water mist systems, carrying duty free, the realism of emergency exit tests for certification, the use of smoke hoods and so on, then we might have a programme to watch.

strakeExactly so. My father said that, through 4.5 years in the RAF in WWII, it was luck that played the greatest part in whether they shot down the other one, or were shot down.
I know that, if I have to make an emergency exit from an airliner the variables are too numerous to mention but start with (in no order):

• Who is sitting next to me (both sides) and in front/behind
• Which row I am in
• Upper/Lower deck
• F/J/Y
• Which airline I am on
• The speed/angle of approach etc
• On a runway/water/or just whatever happens to be available
• Daylight/Nightime
• Time of passengers 'day', how awake/drunk are we
• What have other people (and me) put in the lockers above my head
• Start/End of journey (fuel on board)
• Smoke in the cabin

Trip to Cologne with Lufthansa last week. " This is the seatbelt, this is oxygen, here are the exits, these are the floor lights and here is the safety card." 30 seconds..perfect.

Maybe if Virgin and BA did their briefings like this instead of videos and interminably long "I am" PA's from Cabin Service Directors/Supervisors, people might pay a bit more attention.
Despite what CC are told during training, the majority of passengers are intelligent, successful people who are quite capable of dealing with emergencies and are well aware of the statistics about modern flying...ie nothing is going to happem.

Awww...thank you! Which airline do you fly with? :ok:

@PAXboy: Smoke in the cabin was the one thing I've had personal experience with. I can tell you it s***s - you don't want to let go of the oxygen masks to get out... :yuk: